The PLAN’s exercises often expose this shortfall. For instance, during joint drills with Russia in 2021, Chinese vessels ...

This article is one of many in a series in which Breaking Defense reporters look back on the most significant (and ...

A Chinese Coast Guard ship, known as the "monster ship" due to its size, which is one of the two largest law-enforcement ...

China unveiled cutting-edge aerial and maritime military capabilities.

The Chinese navy added nearly one-third of its vertical missile launch cells in 2021 and 2022 alone, according to a new ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is back in the South China Sea following a port visit to Port Klang, Malaysia. Meanwhile ...

China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful cutting-edge warship to the country’s ...

A fleet of Chinese naval and Coast Guard ships transited a strait in Japan's southwestern waters in December last year.

China's new amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, has an electromagnetic catapult system that makes it essentially a light ...

China launched the first of its next-generation amphibious assault ships, as the Chinese navy ramps up capabilities amid ...

Shandong, China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier, achieved “all-weather” combat capacity last year.

China has launched a new amphibious assault ship, named the Sichuan, which is capable of launching fighter jets and is ...